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2002 – The trial of Jon Lech Johansen, better known as “DVD Jon,” begins with Johansen pleading not guilty. DVD Jon has been a pioneer in “Reverse engineering”. O.K, so that is a fancy way of saying “Pirating”, but without his efforts, advances might not have been made. He was acquitted on January 7, 2003. This Day in Tech History podcast show notes for December 9 Yahoo acquires del.icio.us (delicious.com) Microsoft launches Windows 2.01 and Oxite Bandai releases WonderSwan

2002 – While in Bankruptcy since the following September, Roxio – along with the Private Media Group – came in and took over the $2.43 million dollar company. They took all logos and names and rebranded it “Napster 2.0″. This time, Napster was a pay site – merging technologies with Roxio Pressplay.The sale completed in 2003Ultimately, the company was purchased by Best Buy in 2008. This Day in Tech History podcast show notes for November 25 DVD Jon releases the crack to WMV9 codec ICANN and the US Commerce Memorandum of Understanding Playboy files suit against Rusty n Edie’s BBS

Luke continued to have some technical problems with his webcam. He even switched to the Windows machine with no luck. Of course, we work through the show like always. I show off a new device that I got over the weekend. Luke talks about his speaking gig as well – at least when he can. […]

We have lost many great talents over the years. The loss of Leonard Nimoy is, for me, one that transcends the benign passive grief of someone famous. His was such an iconic personality, for both science fiction and science. He was, I feel, the living embodiment of his most memorable onscreen persona. There was so […]

I get a lot of press releases of which 95% get dismissed really quick. Sometimes there is one that makes you stop and go “What the F…!?!” Happysacs is one of them. It’s the Kickstarter for… your scrotum! Apparently to them, this thing is the most uncomfortable thing around. I have to admit – sometimes […]